Chapter 644: No Return
Sun Neng on the side shook his head, "You shouldn't provoke him. Enraging him won't do you any good. Be careful, he might do something bad to you."
Song Zhiyuan said indifferently, "If I don't provoke him, do you think he will let me go?
Hasn't he done enough harm to me during this period of time?"
At this point, he shook his head:
"Won't.
Song Yi will not let me go. Regardless of whether I did it or not, he will blame it on me."
He knew Song Yi very well.
He doesn't have much ability, but he is very good at shirking responsibility.
"You really didn't do this?" Sun Neng also had some doubts.
After all, Song Zhiyuan hates Song Yi and wants to destroy Song Yi. It is not impossible for him to expose the things Song Yi has done.
"No." Song Zhiyuan's face was cold.
"It's true that I wanted to kill Song Yi for revenge, but I'm not so crazy as to make fun of the entire Zhenbei Army."
Once this matter is exposed, the entire Zhenbei Army will be finished.
He is already unhappy, so he cannot drag others into misfortune with him.
After glancing at Sun Neng, Song Zhiyuan turned and left.
Sun Neng shook his head and turned to walk towards his tent. He had a premonition that they might be in trouble this time.
Maybe he should prepare in advance.
Song Yi, who had returned to his tent, was now pacing back and forth anxiously in the tent.
Damn it!
He embezzled three months' worth of military pay for the past six months, but the court did not allocate funds for three months.
Now that these people are making trouble, if we don’t pay the money, this matter will be exposed.
I wrote a letter to urge them to pay, but the court would only allocate three months' worth of military pay at most. How could there be three months' vacancy?
I calculated that three months' military pay would be at least 150,000 taels.
Where can he get these 150,000 taels now?
In the past, when the Song family was around, this money was circulated and earned interest, and when needed, he could just have someone deliver it to him. So he had been doing this secretly and never made any mistakes.
But years ago, the Song family went bankrupt, and he could not get back the military pay he had embezzled, so the account was left unresolved.
If I don't find a way to raise these 150,000 taels of silver to pay the soldiers' salaries, my life will be over.
This is also the reason why he was so eager to take over Yuancheng.
As long as they take over Yuancheng, the Xu family's money will become theirs, and the account will naturally be settled.
But now it's nothing.
Song Yi reached out and rubbed his swollen head. He was worried about the military pay.
At this moment, iron sand and dust came back rolling in.
He brought back a piece of news, and what Sun Neng said was true.
Many generals and soldiers were beheaded in Beiling, including those they bribed, and the charge was treason.
Song Yi's face became paler and paler.
So once the two armies start fighting, no one will inform him.
The next three days.
More and more people came to the military camp to cause trouble and demand their salaries.
Because more and more people received the news that the court had not allocated military pay for only three months, but they had actually not paid military pay for half a year.
And some people were secretly spreading the rumor that Song Yi had embezzled three months' worth of military pay.
The rumors spread more and more seriously.
The soldiers' discontent grew, and small-scale fights broke out every day, which could not be stopped.
Because they had no money, everyone was extremely uneasy.
All the dissatisfaction erupted on the third day.
The cause was a woman in tattered clothes who came to the Zhenbei Army to make trouble.
She hadn't given a penny to her family for half a year, and she couldn't help with the household chores. The elderly and children in the family had to be taken care of by her alone.
Last month, during the late spring cold snap, an elderly man died because he had no money to see a doctor. Then the child became seriously ill, which completely broke the woman's shoulders.
She walked thousands of miles just to see whether the man was dead or had changed his heart, so cruelly not caring about the lives of his family members.
The woman's crying hurt these people's hearts, and made her man hug her and cry loudly, scolding himself for being unfilial.
Everyone's eyes were red.
Aren’t they also someone else’s sons, husbands, and fathers?
They joined the army and risked their lives to make life better for their families, but now their families can't survive, so why should they still be soldiers?
At this moment, most people can't control themselves.
They rushed to Song Yi's tent and forced him to hand over the military pay.
When they came to join the army, they did not have such a high level of awareness and awareness of serving the country and the people.
They just wanted to find a way to survive for themselves and their families, but now that the way to survive is gone, they don't want to do it anymore.
Although his confidants tried to stop him, they could not withstand the anger of the crowd.
Finally, when they were about to break through the blockade, Song Yi roared "I will pay the military wages tomorrow", and everyone's emotions were calmed down.
They just want money and don't want to cause trouble.
Song Zhiyuan in the crowd looked at this scene coldly, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
Back pay tomorrow?
This is not just 10,000 or 30,000 taels, but a full 300,000 taels.
Six months' military pay is three hundred thousand taels. If the Song family hadn't gone bankrupt, it could have been paid.
But now…
An expression of anticipation appeared on Song Zhiyuan's face.
He probably guessed what Song Yi was planning.
And after returning to the tent.
Tiesha looked at Song Yi with an unpleasant expression, "General, you shouldn't have said that just now.
Military pay will be distributed tomorrow?
Where did you get three hundred thousand taels of silver to distribute it?"
Song Yi's face looked very grim, "If I hadn't said that at the time, these people would have rushed up to fight me like crazy.
In this situation, tell me, what should I do?"
Tiesha said solemnly, "What should we do now?
There has been no news from the people who were sent back to search the Song family's old house.
No one knows where the Song family's wealth is hidden."
Tiesha also looked annoyed.
The Song family was rich, but after a fire, all their money was gone.
The people who stayed in the old house dug almost three feet deep but still found nothing. All the valuables disappeared with the fire.
Song Yi paced back and forth with a sullen face.
Finally, he looked up at Tiesha, the viciousness in his eyes was not concealed at all, "Now, there is still a way out, the Xu family."
As far as he knew, Xu Wuyan had not returned yet. If he led his men to capture the Xu family in Yuancheng at this time, everything would be solved.
The Xu family's wealth is even greater than that of the Song family in the past.
Tiesha hesitated, "General, is this really the only option left?"
Song Yi nodded with a serious face, "We have no choice."
If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to touch the Xu family at this time.
The risk is too great.
He took a deep breath and said, "You must immediately point out my three thousand trusted followers and set off immediately."
We can't delay any longer.
If we delay any further, these people will start a riot.
Tiesha nodded and hurried downstairs to call for people.
Soon, the iron sand had set people on fire.
When Song Yi came out and was about to take people away, Sun Neng arrived.
"What do you mean, General?
How can you lead the troops out of the camp? This is against the rules."
Song Yi looked at him with a cold face, "I don't need you to teach me how to do things.
A group of fierce bandits has appeared in the southwest. I am leading my men to suppress them now. I will leave the affairs of the military camp to you."
After saying that, he rode away with his men.
Since he was going to take action, he would definitely think of an excuse and would never leave any handle for others.
Suppress bandits?
Sun Neng showed a hint of sarcasm on his face, thinking that he didn't believe him at all.
Song Zhiyuan walked to Sun Neng's side, looking at the dust and smoke rolling in front of him, "Master Sun, I have to go now."
Sun Neng turned to look at him in surprise, "Are you sure?"
He was not so stupid as to think that Song Zhiyuan was simply staying away from the right and wrong here. He was probably waiting for an opportunity to take Song Yi's life.
Song Zhiyuan nodded and looked at Sun Neng with strange eyes. "Sir Sun, do you believe he is really going to suppress the bandits?"
Seeing that Sun Neng's eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look him in the eye, Song Zhiyuan smiled. They all understood what Song Yi was thinking.
Sun Neng did not stop it because the pressure of not being able to pay the military salaries also affected him.
Song Zhiyuan chuckled, "He is on a path of no return.
And I don’t want to miss the opportunity to do it myself.”
After saying this, he strode outside.
Sun Neng was silent for a long time before he let out a sigh. If his guess was correct, the Zhenbei Army was probably finished.
…
When Song Yi led his men out, Lin Mo was listening to a book and fell asleep.
I don't know where Xu Xianyu heard this from, but it's better to read more books to your child before he's born, and he'll definitely be a good student when he grows up.
At that time, Lin Mo said, "If you watch more people playing with swords, wouldn't that make them good candidates for learning martial arts?"
Then Xu Xianyu got excited.
Qi Fanshang, who reads and practices swordplay every day, is determined not to give up until he has cultivated a nephew who is both a scholar and a warrior.
She was so exhausted that she felt like she had lost all hope in life, but Xu Ziyue was very happy and happily kept circling around them.
So when she heard Xu Pinggui say that he had something to report, she immediately became excited.
Without saying a word, he immediately took Xu Pinggui to the study.
She felt that being a step late would be disrespectful to the matter.
When Lin Mo left, she seriously told Xu Xianyu to read more to Xu Ziyue. Although he was over one year old, it was still not too late to train him now.
Looking at his sister-in-law who looked terrified, Xu Xianyu shook his head.
There is still a long way to go!
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